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Češnjice pri Moravčah
Češnjice pri Moravčah
	Češnjice pri Moravčah Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°7′36.66″N 14°44′39″E / 46.1268500°N 14.74417°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Moravče
Area
• Total	3.04 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation	368.4 m (1,208.7 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	193

Češnjice pri Moravčah (pronounced [ˈtʃeːʃnjitsɛ pɾi mɔˈɾaːu̯tʃax]; German: Kerschdorf^[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Moravče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

Češnjice pri Moravčah was attested in historical sources as Chersteten in 1367, Nider Kerstet in 1431, Ober Cherstetten in 1436, and Kerssteten in 1444, among other names.^[4] The name of the settlement was changed from Češnjice to Češnjice pri Moravčah in 1953.^[5] In the past the German name was Kerschdorf.^[2]

Cultural heritage

A 16th-century mansion, built on a small hill in the southeastern part of the settlement, was burned by the Partisans in 1943.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.
^ Moravče municipal site
^ "Češnjice pri Moravčah". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Stražar, Stane (1979). Moravška dolina: življenje pod Limbarsko goro. Moravče: Odbor za izdajo knjige pri krajevnih skupnostih Moravče, Peče, Velika vas in Vrhpolje-Zalog. p. 116.
^ "Češnjice pri Moravčah - Lokacija graščine Češnjice". Register kulturne dediščine. Ministrstvo za kulturo. Retrieved February 24, 2020.